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Gold Seeker, Adventures of a Belgian Argonaut During the Gold Rush Years

by: Perlot, Jean-Nicolas

Gold Seeker, Adventures of a Belgian Argonaut During the Gold Rush Years

by: Perlot, Jean-Nicolas

ISBN 13: 9780300076455
ISBN 10: 0300076452
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 12/01/1998
Publisher: Yale Univ Pr

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In 1850, Jean-Nicolas Perlot, a 26-year-old Belgian, joined a French mining company bound for the gold fields of California. This book is Perlot's witty and informative account of his life in California and his subsequent career in the newly rich town of Portland, Oregon. 33 illustrations.

Helen Harding Bretnor
Author's Preface
Translator's Preface
Editor's Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Voyage to California: Le Havre to Monterey, 1850-1851	p. 3
From Monterey to Mariposa, 1851	p. 35
Life in the Southern Mines, 1851-1852	p. 89
Indians, Politics, and Survival, 1852-1853	p. 121
Encounters with the Tuolumne and Yosemite Indians, 1853-1854	p. 171
Exploring the Unknown: From Marble Spring to Yosemite, 1854-1857	p. 237
Ho! For Oregon, 1857-1858	p. 303
The French Gardener, 1858-1867	p. 343
Return to Herbeumont, 1867-1868	p. 379
Marriage and Return to Portland, 1868-1872	p. 407
Waiting at Arlon, 1872-1900	p. 433
Index	p. 447
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